Something damp, a dram, a drink.
Son of a gun, a familiar term for a man. Sometimes applied eulogistically, never contemptuously. Generally said of an artful person, and perhaps, originally, son of a “[gun],” (or “[gonnof]”). In the army it is sometimes applied to an artilleryman.
Sonkey, a clumsy, awkward fellow.
Soor, an abusive term. Hindostanee, a pig.—Anglo-Indian.
Soot-bag, a reticule.
Sop, a soft or foolish man. Abbreviation of MILKSOP.
Soph (abbreviation of “sophister”), a title peculiar to the University of Cambridge. Undergraduates are junior SOPHS before passing their “Little Go,” or first University examination,—senior SOPHS after that.
Sort, used in a slang sense thus—“That’s your SORT,” as a term of approbation. “Pitch it into him, that’s your SORT,” i.e., that is the proper kind of plan to adopt.
So-so, not particularly reputable. “A very SO-SO sort of a person,” a person whom it is no advantage to know. “It was very SO-SO” (said of a piece of work or an entertainment), it was neither good nor bad.
Sound, to pump, or draw information from a person in an artful manner.